Hamlet by William Shakespeare is an excellent example of Gothic Literature and here's how...
Setting: castle
Environment: crumbling castle in the sense of the royal family
Atmosphere: mystery and tragedy
Protagonists:
Hamlet- feels alone and tortured after the death of his father and the realization that his uncle was the murderer
Claudius- feels distant from Hamlet
Emotions:
Hamlet- enraged from finding out his uncle killed his father and is fueled with revenge
Claudius- seems calm and collected but Hamlet makes him agitated in terms of his secret being relieved
Damsels in Distress: Ophelia
Foreboding: all bad and ominous things happen at night (ghosts appearing, people dying, etc...)
The Supernatural: ghost of Old Hamlet
Decay: the state of Denmark, Hamlet's own mind, the royal family
Drama: will Hamlet fulfill his dead father's wish of killing the person who killed him? Will Old Hamlet's ghost finally be able to rest? Does everyone die? When does Ophelia lose her marbles and go crazy? Does anyone actually survive the novel?
Romance: yes (Claudius and Gertrude, Hamlet and Ophelia)
Setting: castle
Environment: crumbling castle in the sense of the royal family
Atmosphere: mystery and tragedy
Protagonists:
Hamlet- feels alone and tortured after the death of his father and the realization that his uncle was the murderer
Claudius- feels distant from Hamlet
Emotions:
Hamlet- enraged from finding out his uncle killed his father and is fueled with revenge
Claudius- seems calm and collected but Hamlet makes him agitated in terms of his secret being relieved
Damsels in Distress: Ophelia
Foreboding: all bad and ominous things happen at night (ghosts appearing, people dying, etc...)
The Supernatural: ghost of Old Hamlet
Decay: the state of Denmark, Hamlet's own mind, the royal family
Drama: will Hamlet fulfill his dead father's wish of killing the person who killed him? Will Old Hamlet's ghost finally be able to rest? Does everyone die? When does Ophelia lose her marbles and go crazy? Does anyone actually survive the novel?
Romance: yes (Claudius and Gertrude, Hamlet and Ophelia)